Developing oneself as a leader
AbstractPurpose– The purpose of this paper is to clarify the concept of self as applied to leadership and propose an understanding of how a leader should form conceptions of self, and use these in his...
View ArticleA management tool for developing the relationships between large purchasing...
AbstractPurpose– The purpose of this paper is to scrutinise the characteristics of the relationship between large purchasing organisations (LPOs) and ethnic minority suppliers (EMSs) engaging with...
View ArticleFrom motivation to organizational commitment of volunteers in non-profit...
AbstractPurpose– The purpose of this paper is to examine the mediating role of job satisfaction in the relationship between volunteers’ motivation and affective commitment in non-profit sport...
View ArticleGenerative team learning in Web 2.0 environments
AbstractPurpose– The purpose of this paper is to examine how teams work and learn in Web 2.0 environments. Web 2.0 technologies enable geographically dispersed teams to work in synchronous and...
View ArticleConceptualizing coaching as an approach to management and organizational...
AbstractPurpose– Recent debates within the literature and amongst practitioners of coaching have been focussed on defining the scope and practice of coaching as a form of organizational intervention...
View ArticleManaging human resource romance at work: towards a “considerate” approach
AbstractPurpose– The purpose of this paper is to consider various managerial approaches hitherto adopted to address “workplace romance” and to determine a realistic and constructive approach to explain...
View ArticleVisceral behaviours and leadership: a dark side of boardroom life?
AbstractPurpose– Characteristics of leaders whose behaviour is visceral include taking action based on instinct rather than intellect and exhibiting coarse, base and often negative emotions. Despite...
View ArticleLeadership and knowledge management in UK ICT organisations
AbstractPurpose– While it is well known that leadership can play an important role in engendering effective knowledge management activity, relatively little is known about which styles of leadership...
View ArticleNorth and South Latin America: Influence of Values on Preferred Leader...
AbstractPurpose - The study investigates the national cultural clusters myth, studying the relationships between individual cultural values and preferred leader behaviour of working businesspeople in...
View ArticleExplicit Leader Behaviour Preferences: Turkish & Cross-National Sample...
AbstractPurpose - In this study we endeavour to further develop and validate the Behavioural and Contingency theory of leadership imitated by Stogdill and associates at Ohio State University (Stogdill,...
View ArticleExplicit Leader Behaviour: A Review of Literature, Theory Development, and...
AbstractPurpose - This article introduces the theoretical underpinnings of a project that contributes to the empirical field research study literature concerning societal cultural and individual value...
View ArticleIntroduction to the Special Issue: Preferred Explicit Leadership Preferences...
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View ArticleThe perceptions of an EMBA experience in China: an exploratory study
AbstractPurpose - This paper reports on perceptions of an Executive MBA (EMBA) experience to the development of Chinese managers’ careers.Design/methodology/approach - This qualitative research drew on...
View ArticleManagerial Coaching: Challenges, Opportunities & Training
AbstractPurpose - The purpose of this paper is to provide insights into the growing practice of managerial coaching. Much of the coaching literature is set in the context of an external coach coming...
View ArticleExperiential Learning for Developing Managers: A Practical Model
AbstractPurpose - This paper’s purpose is to create a practical system for assessing the need for developmental opportunities for management development while functioning on the job and to assist...
View ArticleDoes Accreditation Promote Organizational Learning? A Multiple Case Study of...
AbstractPurpose - The purpose of this research was to explore the potential learning consequences of AACSB accreditation as perceived by administrators and faculty members at four Canadian university...
View ArticleOrganisational justice climate, social capital and firm performance
AbstractPurpose - The purpose of this paper is to develop a conceptual framework in order to understand the impact of organizational justice climate on firm performance. Design/methodology/approach -...
View ArticleManagers Coping in Further Education Colleges
AbstractPurpose - The purpose of this paper is to document the coping styles of First Tier Managers in English Further Education Colleges in relation to the most significant stressors and to create an...
View ArticleIndustry strategic variety and performance: The role of market and...
AbstractPurpose - Market-based theories assume that firms’ differential strategic commitments to businesses lead to differential strategic positions within the industry. While the institutional...
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